Cloud Rewind (formerly Appranix) vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Commvault and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Commvault is ranked #38 with an average rating of 9.0, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0. Commvault holds a 0.3% mindshare in CB, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 14, 2025

HPE Zerto Software and Cloud Rewind are competing products in the data management and disaster recovery space. HPE Zerto Software often has the upper hand due to better pricing and customer support.

Features: HPE Zerto Software focuses on robust data replication, continuous availability, and efficient protection and backup. Cloud Rewind offers automated backup management, multi-cloud compatibility, and seamless transitions across varied cloud environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software is noted for straightforward setup and responsive customer service. Cloud Rewind features a cloud-native deployment model that integrates easily into existing infrastructure, though initial challenges may occur.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software provides competitive setup costs with favorable ROI, reducing downtime and operational disruptions. Cloud Rewind, although potentially more expensive, offers ROI through enhanced cloud efficiencies and streamlined backup, especially for enterprises using multi-cloud strategies.

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Categories and Ranking

Cloud Rewind (formerly Appr...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

38th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (21st)

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Cloud Backup

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

342

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Cloud Rewind (formerly Appranix) is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 3.7%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HPE Zerto Software	3.7%
Cloud Rewind (formerly Appranix)	0.3%
Other	96.0%

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Ecosystem Solution Architect Lead for UK, Ireland, Arfica at Accenture

Provides operational efficiencies and recovers virtual instances quickly

For our clients, we use the solution to protect their virtual instances and instantly recover them in the event of a compromise The solution has provided operational efficiencies. The platform's most effective feature is quickly recovering virtual instances into a separate environment. They…

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Sachin Vinay

Assistant Manager-Networks at Amrita

Leverage disaster recovery with reliable support and cost-effective future-proof features

Zerto is straightforward to implement because it only requires the installation of an agent on the VMs designated for migration. A service, typically a VM, must also be deployed at the disaster recovery location. This entire process is simple and can be completed within three days. Zerto's near-synchronous replication occurs every minute, allowing for highly granular recovery points. This means that even if interruptions or malware disruptions occur within that minute, Zerto can restore to the last known good state, effectively recovering the entire setup to the latest backup. This capability ensures high data security and minimizes potential data loss. One of the main benefits of implementing Zerto is its data compression, which significantly reduces the load on our IPsec VPN. Zerto compresses data by 80 percent before transmitting it across the VPN, minimizing the data transferred between geographically dispersed locations. This compression and subsequent decompression at the destination alleviate the strain on the VPN, preventing overload and ensuring efficient data synchronization. Zerto simplifies malware protection by integrating it into its disaster recovery and synchronization features. This comprehensive approach eliminates the need for separate antivirus setups in virtual machines and applications. It streamlines our security measures and removes the need for additional software or solutions, resulting in an excellent return on investment. Zerto's single-click recovery solution offers exceptional recovery speed. Through the user interface, a single click allows for a complete restoration from the most recent backup within two to three minutes, enabling rapid recovery and minimal downtime. Zerto's Recovery Time Objective is excellent. In the past, if a virtual machine crashed, we would recover it from a snapshot, which could take one to two hours. With Zerto, the recovery process takes only five minutes, and users are typically unaware of any disruption. This allows us to restore everything quickly and efficiently. Zerto has significantly reduced our downtime. When malware affects our data, Zerto immediately notifies us and helps us protect other applications, even those not yet implemented with Zerto. By monitoring these applications, we can quickly identify and address any potential malware spread, minimizing downtime across our systems. Zerto significantly reduces downtime and associated costs during disruptions. Our services are unified, so in the event of a disruption without Zerto, even a half-day disruption would necessitate offline procedures. This would lead to increased manpower, service delays, and substantial financial losses due to interrupted admissions and other critical processes. By unifying service processes, Zerto minimizes the impact of outages. Zerto streamlines our disaster recovery testing across multiple locations by enabling efficient failover testing without disrupting live services. Traditionally, DR testing required downtime of critical systems, but Zerto's replication and failover capabilities allow us to test in parallel with live operations. This non-disruptive approach ensures continuous service availability while validating our DR plan, even in scenarios like malware attacks, by creating a separate testing environment that mirrors the live setup. This comprehensive testing provides confidence in our ability to handle real-world incidents effectively. This saves us over 60 percent of the time. Zerto streamlines system administration tasks by automating many processes, thereby reducing the workload for multiple administrators. This allows them to focus on other university services that require attention and effectively reallocate support resources from automated tasks to those requiring more dedicated management. Zerto is used exclusively for our critical services, providing up to a 70 percent improvement in our IT resilience.

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Pros

"The platform's most effective feature is quickly recovering virtual instances into a separate environment."

"The pricing and licensing are excellent. It's very straightforward."

"I love the seamless data integration between on-premises and cloud environments. Fast disaster recovery is also valuable."

"What I appreciate about Zerto is that it's set and forget. You set it, and it just works."

"In terms of the most valuable features, having the failover tests where you can see where your actual RTO and RPO would be is really nice, especially for the management level. I really liked the ease of when I need to do a file or folder restore off the cuff. Usually, it takes me less than five minutes to do it, including the mounting of the actual image. That was one thing with Unitrends, it was a similar process but if that backup had aged off of the system, then you had to go to the archive and you find the right disks, load them in, and then actually mount the image."

"I like the fact that Zerto is target agnostic. It doesn't care what type of storage it writes to. The journaling is also excellent. You can easily and quickly restore to seconds before an event. The immutable data copies feature is one reason we adopted Zerto. That's one of its selling points."

"Zerto is low maintenance, so I can set it and forget it. It has a great process and an excellent solution."

"The low RPO times of about four to eight seconds are very nice and very valuable to us."

"What I appreciate the most about Zerto is the simplicity of it all."

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Cons

"They could add more intelligence features in the workflow through automation."

"If I have to reboot a virtual machine host, I have issues with Zerto catching up afterward. That's about the only thing I would say needs improvement. Sometimes, when I have to do maintenance, Zerto takes a little bit to catch up. That's understandable."

"The onset of configuring an environment in the cloud is difficult and could be easier to do."

"Outside of disaster recovery, we are looking to leverage HPE Zerto Software for converting from VMware loads to Hyper-V. We have been doing testing and have concerns that support for Hyper-V ending with 9.7."

"If I had to pick anything, it would be the documentation for upgrades. They need to make it easier for users to do upgrades without having to contact support, by providing better documentation for that."

"If we could integrate our AIOps solutions and incident management capabilities within HPE Zerto Software, that would be beneficial."

"We're not fully satisfied with the support team."

"In newer versions, the success rate compared to older versions is quite low. I have tried to implement Zerto version ten in my environment, but for some reason, multiple errors occur, forcing me to revert to the previous version."

"The solution is very expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The additional cost is cloud storage, which the public cloud provider charges."

"The pricing seems really good. We're an enterprise customer, so we get all the bells and whistles."

"The price is reasonable."

"The licensing model is good. The price is a little bit expensive, but for what customers get on it, it tends to pay for itself. However, if more and more companies start to improve, then Zerto may need to look at their pricing and make it a little better."

"We subscribe to their annual license package and we have tier one support with them."

"There is a one-time cost for maintenance and support. We have a three-year contract that we will have to renew when those three years come up. There is also licensing on top of that for whatever product you are using it for."

"Its licensing is yearly. You can do multi-year contracts, which is what we did. You pay per VM, and you replicate a license per VM. So, we bought about 20 licenses. We paid somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000. There is an initial upfront cost. Basically, you buy the license, and then you have a maintenance cost on top of that. So, the upfront cost is somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000. The maintenance is $5,000 to $10,000 over a three-year period."

"The licensing is a little bit steep, but there is some value that you do get for it as well."

"The only negative part that I have seen so far has been the cost. It is kind of pricey, but you get what you pay for. Zerto is a lot faster than other solutions and you get enhanced performance."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto

Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Appranix Cloud Application Resilience?

I rate the product pricing a seven. The additional cost is cloud storage, which the public cloud provider charges.

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What needs improvement with Appranix Cloud Application Resilience?

They could add more intelligence features in the workflow through automation, removing more of the human element. Additionally, improvements in the reporting features would be beneficial.

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What is your primary use case for Appranix Cloud Application Resilience?

For our clients, we use the solution to protect their virtual instances and instantly recover them in the event of a compromise.

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What do you like most about Zerto?

Its ability to roll back if the VM or the server that you are recovering does not come up right is also valuable. You have the ability to roll back a few seconds or a few minutes. The rollback feat...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

Regarding my experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing, I think on the pricing side, I don't generally deal with it, but from what I hear from my finance team, it's somewhat on the higher...

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Overview

Cloud Rewind (formerly Appranix) offers organizations reliable protection and recovery solutions, catering to complex business continuity needs. Its comprehensive features support system resilience and integrity, making it ideal for experienced IT professionals seeking robust data management capabilities.

Cloud Rewind enables streamlined data protection and disaster recovery processes. Designed to simplify backup and recovery tasks, it automates policies across multi-cloud environments, safeguarding data against disruptions. With its user-centric design, it provides businesses with the confidence to manage their cloud-based data securely, providing a seamless integration into existing IT infrastructures while maintaining efficiency.

What are the key features of Cloud Rewind?

Automated Disaster Recovery: Facilitates quick recovery with predefined plans, reducing downtime.
Multi-Cloud Support: Integrates smoothly with multiple cloud platforms for synchronized data management.
Policy Automation: Automates backup and recovery tasks based on user-defined rules, enhancing reliability.
Customized Alerts: Notifies users promptly of any issues, helping maintain operational continuity.

What benefits and ROI are expected from Cloud Rewind?

Reduced Downtime: Minimizes disruptions with rapid restoration strategies, enhancing productivity.
Cost Efficiency: Lowers operational costs by optimizing backup processes and resource allocation.
Scalability: Adapts to organizational growth, ensuring consistent data protection irrespective of size.
Enhanced Security: Offers robust data protection that helps mitigate risks associated with data loss.

Industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail use Cloud Rewind to ensure critical data is protected and easily recoverable, addressing stringent compliance demands. Its deployment in these sectors exemplifies its adaptability and relevance in safeguarding sensitive information across demanding environments.

Commvault

Zerto is used for disaster recovery, business continuity, data migration, and ransomware recovery, providing continuous data protection and near real-time replication. Valued for ease of use, efficient failover processes, and versatile integration, it enhances organizational efficiency, reduces errors, and boosts productivity.

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United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies

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